Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Performance Period

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of additional shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Incentive Plan - Narrative (Details) - shares shares in Millions			3 Months Ended
	Feb. 27, 2021	Mar. 09, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021
Interxion Combination
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Additional shares registered for issuance (shares)		0.6
Interxion Combination \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			2 years
Interxion Combination \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			3 years
Market performance-based awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance period	3 years
Service-Based Restricted Stock Units \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance period			2 years
Service-Based Restricted Stock Units \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance period			4 years
Incentive Award Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares remaining for issuance under Incentive Plan (shares)			5.5
Long-term incentive units \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			3 years
Long-term incentive units \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			3 years